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Geography: The Country Schoolhouse
So, remember my mentioning “The Old Country Schoolhouse” on Saturday, and it was wildly popular?
To make our project I gave the kids some strips of manila paper I’d cut into 1/2” to 1” width, and they busily colored it brown. I also gave them a triangle to color for the roof.
Then I set them to cutting and gluing their strips on to make a house shape for the school. And of course they made a house shape. Really. Honestly.
Okay, okay, you caught me. The boys made big blobs, and drew yellow spots (more on that later).
And you know what their narration of the story consisted of? My kids of course learned so much from this and they drew excellent conclusions.
Or, they all said the same thing: “The boys went potty in the snow.”
Yes, that’s all they could tell me about the story. We read this story at least 6 times, and all they would tell me is the boys went potty in the snow.
Great.
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10 responses to “Geography: The Country Schoolhouse”
Love the school houses. Just don't take your kids around snow!
Don't eat the yellow snow!!! :0)
Hey, at least they knew you read a story. I usually get “What story?”
Nice school houses! You are too funny. I think what I really like most in this post is, Is that Princess wearing a Batman shirt? She rocks. Thank you for sharing.
This is why you're up for the funniest blogger award – your kids are hilarious! Here's hoping you win =)
I hope you will win the funniest blogger award too – I voted for you already! Obviously the story had made deep impact 🙂 By the way, I think their schoolhouses look pretty good.
I love old school houses! We did a similar house activity today, too, although from a different time and place.
We saw our first fall snow flakes today, too – I think we'll pass on the book for now 🙂 But, I do like the school houses!
You always make me laugh. Kids will be kids!
I love what kids choose to remember sometimes!
That is so funny!!
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